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Bearna
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Also known as Barna

Barna, officially known as Bearna in both Irish and English, is a coastal village on the R336 regional road in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Located approximately 7 km west of the centre of Galway city, it has become a satellite village of Galway. The village, which is mostly Irish speaking, is a constituent part of the regions of Ireland that make up the Gaeltacht.

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Place details

Locality
Bearna
Region
Connacht
Country
Éire / Ireland
Population
1,998
Timezone
Europe/Dublin

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Barna
Settlement.official_name
Bearna
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.image_skyline
Sunset over Bearna harbour.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Barna quay at dusk
Settlement.pushpin_map
Ireland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Ireland
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Connacht
Settlement.subdivision_type3
County
Settlement.subdivision_name3
County Galway
Settlement.unit_pref
Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of
2022
Settlement.population_total
2,336
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
Gaeltacht
Located in
County Galway
Population
2336
Area
1.89
Elevation
0
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Body of water
Galway Bay
Image
Bearna (Barna) - geograph.org.uk - 1288758.jpg
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Commons category
Bearna
Irish Grid Reference
M232227
historic county
County Galway
native label
Bearna
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Demographics
  • Irish language
  • Community and sport
  • Townlands
  • International links
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Barna, officially known as Bearna in both Irish and English, is a coastal village on the R336 regional road in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Located approximately 7 km west of the centre of Galway city, it has become a satellite village of Galway. The village, which is mostly Irish speaking, is a constituent part of the regions of Ireland that make up the Gaeltacht.

==History== Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of shell midden, ringfort, holy well and castle sites in the townlands of Barna, Knockaunnacarragh, Derryloney and Truskey. Barna House, a large Georgian house in Barna townland, was built in 1778. The quay at Barna was built in the 1820s to designs by Alexander Nimmo.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bearna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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